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děng dào

wait until, by the time

verb

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Example Sentences

等到晚上，我就回家。

děngdào wǎnshàng ， wǒ jiù huíjiā 。

I will go home by the time it gets dark.

我们等到朋友来再开始。

wǒmen děngdào péngyǒu lái zài kāishǐ 。

We will wait until our friend arrives to start.

等到他完成作业，我才去看电影。

děngdào tā wánchéng zuòyè ， wǒ cáiqù kàn diànyǐng 。

I will go watch the movie after he finishes his homework.

Words with similar meanings

等待děngdài

A more general term for waiting, focusing on the act rather than the timing aspect.

Words Starting With 等

等于děng yú

to equal; to be tantamount to

等候děng hòu

等待děng dài

wait for; await

等级děng jí

Words Ending With 到

迟到chí dào

to meet; to run into; to come across

受到shòu dào

to receive; to suffer; obtained; given

to reach; to achieve; to attain

报到bào dào

report for duty; check in; register

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Individual characters

等děng · to wait, et cetera, and so on

›到dào · to (a place), until (a time)

Grammar Points

Expressing "when" with "dengdao"等…就等…再